Riot Games has officially signed a partnership deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a deal that will see the latter's expertise in data analytics integrated into broadcasts for competitive League of Legends, Valorant, and League of Legends: Wild Rift.
This global collaboration will also see AWS recognised as the official Cloud Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Machine Learning, Cloud Deep Learning, and Cloud Services Provider for Riot Games and its competitive leagues.
"Riot Games has a long-term vision to bring joy to billions of fans around the world through our esports, and we're extremely excited to work with AWS to level up the Riot Esports experience," said John Needham, president of esports at Riot Games. "The wide-ranging solutions and expertise of AWS will enhance Riot Games' esports broadcasts and engage esports fans worldwide. From reimagining how fans view our events and content, to interacting with other players, AWS unlocks endless opportunities for Riot to shape the future of sport."
This will be the first time that AWS has ever delivered esports statistics, and as part of the deal, we can also expect AWS to produce power rankings and pick'em's for each respective esport. Both of these latter two will be first shown off during the autumn.
With this deal in mind, it's also noted that Riot Games and AWS will be teaming up to develop social impact programmes that aim to increase inclusivity among the esports scene.
